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Burien Little Theatre is now accepting submissions of unproduced, unpublished scripts for the 2009 Bill and Peggy Hunt Playwrights Festival.

Winning scripts will be staged in May as part of the 2008-2009 Burien Little Theatre season.…MORE

Along with other programs throughout the city, Lowell Elementary School on Capitol Hill has been recommended to close as the school district assesses a $24 million deficit in its 2009 budget. As a result, the 29 students in Lowell's special…MORE

Puget Sound Energy (PSE) has announced a $5,000 gift to Des Moines to help fund the city's 50th birthday events next year, becoming the first corporate sponsor of this year-long celebration.

Des Moines, with origins as a logging and…MORE

Ballard

Bad Albert's Tap and Grill

5100 Ballard Ave. N.W.

782-9623

Happy Hour: 3 to 6 p.m. daily, $1 off appetizers, beers and well drinks on special.

www.badalberts.com

Thursdays, 8 to 10:30 p.m. No…MORE

Mayor Greg Nickels says more than 900 mayors have signed the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, a significant milestone in the national campaign of cities to reduce global warming.

"Our determination to reduce carbon emissions will…MORE

These days, preschool is not just cookies, milk and recess.

It is not so simple. It can sometimes take a team of professionals, creative ideas and unique resources to meet the needs of just one preschool student.

The ECEAP Program…MORE

The Seattle Department of Transportation will be diverting Burke-Gilman Trail traffic within the segment that runs from Golden Gardens parks to Northwest 60th Street starting Monday, Dec. 15 to replace a section that has been damaged by…MORE

A team of history mavens, volunteers, and sharp technical minds collaborated to launch a Web site that is something of a virtual "board game."

Clear, historic sepia toned photos of the original Youngstown-Cooper School, Pigeon Point,…MORE

Local food banks say they have been supplying food to the largest number of people they have seen in years.

The Des Moines Food Bank fed more than 600 families in the three days it was open before Thanksgiving.

"Everybody got fed.…MORE

The Business Access and Transit Lanes installed on the 15th Avenue West corridor will not be enforced until they are fully operational and the Seattle Police Department, Seattle Department of Transportation and the community have worked through…MORE